DHAKA: No groups have made any demands over the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370, acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said, even as he refuted rumours that the plane has landed somewhere.

He also declined to comment on speculation that it could be a 9/11 style attack, saying only that ‘it is difficult to determine if it is hijack or terrorism’.

The search for the missing plane entered a dramatic new phase on Saturday after prime minister Najib Razak acknowledged for the first time that the plane was deliberately diverted, and that it could have gone as far north as Kazakhstan in Central Asia or southwards towards the Indian Ocean.

Malaysia Airlines chief Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said that the plane took off with planned fuel and was not carrying additional fuel.

The aircraft had fuel to fly up to 8 hours, he said, adding that there was no hazardous material in the cargo, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1430 HRS, MAR 16, 2014